Upcoming Auditions
Open Calls
Season auditions have passed, but additional open calls will be announced on a show-by-show basis.
Open Call:
When We Were Young & Unafraid
We’re holding an open call for our production of "When We Were Young & Unafraid" by Sarah Treem and directed by Moira Bengochea.
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Additional casting information & breakdowns will be available at the auditions and on our website at https://www.renolittletheater.org/audition, but actors are encouraged to research the shows on their own! Casting is open to actors of all genders, ethnicities, ages, and backgrounds.
IF YOU ALREADY ATTENDED THE 91ST SEASON AUDITIONS OR SUBMITTED A VIDEO AUDITION, THERE IS NO NEED TO SIGN UP FOR THE OPEN CALL. THIS IS FOR THOSE WHO MISSED SEASON AUDITIONS OR ARE NEW TO TOWN! THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
When We Were Young & Unafraid
Written by: Sarah Treem
Directed by: Moira Bengochea (Assistant Director Rachel Douglass)
Performance dates: March 27- April 12, 2026
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Synopsis:
In the early 1970s, before Roe v. Wade, before the Violence Against Women Act, Agnes has turned her quiet bed and breakfast into one of the few spots where victims of domestic violence can seek refuge. But to Agnes’s dismay, her latest runaway, Mary Anne, is beginning to influence Agnes’s college-bound daughter Penny. As the drums of a feminist revolution grow louder outside of Agnes’s tiny world, Agnes is forced to confront her own presumptions about the women she’s spent her life trying to help.
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Casting Breakdown:
Full length, Drama
1 man, 4 women
AGNES – early fifties, proprietress of the bed and breakfast
PENNY – teenager, Agnes’ daughter
MARY ANNE – mid-twenties, runaway
PAUL – mid-thirties, songwriter
HANNAH – early thirties, traveler
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Audition Date & Time: Monday, December 8, 5 PM - 6 PM
Callbacks: To immediately follow the open call at 7:00 pm
Location: Reno Little Theater - Main Theater (147 E. Pueblo St)
Audition material required: Show us your best 1-2 minute monologue.
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Can't make it to auditions??? Please fill out our Video Submission form by Friday, December 5 at 10PM or reach out to libby@renolittletheater.org for assistance. https://forms.gle/EE8jSeacWzLVaYaRA
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IF SLOTS ARE FULL and you'd prefer to audition in person, please email libby@renolittletheater.org for information on how to attend (or if you have any other questions). Thank you!
BOW Audition Notice:
Urinetown, the musical
​Broadway Our Way Teens
Ages 14-19
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Directed by: Tara Rispin
Audition Date
Dec 20, 2025 12pm-4pm
Dance Audition 12-1pm
All auditioners please prepare 16-32 bars to sing and bring a track (we’ll plug into your phone).
Callbacks
Dec 21, 2025 12pm
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Performance dates:
May 1-10, 2025
Rehearsals begin Jan 10, 2026
Rehearsal to be held on Saturday afternoons, Monday & Wednesday evenings
Synopsis:
Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself! In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he's had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!
Casting Breakdown:
11-20 + Ensemble (flexible casting)
Officer Lockstock
The tongue-in-cheek narrator of our story. He is a corrupt policeman who secretly kills off the guilty offenders. Bold, brash, and larger than life in many ways.
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Penelope Pennywise
The tough, jaded warden of the poorest, filthiest town urinal. She is Cladwell's one-time lover and mother to Hope who eventually softens her temper.
Vocal range top: C6
Vocal range bottom: A3
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Bobby Strong
The dashing, rebellious everyman who works for Miss Pennywise at the poorest, filthiest town urinal. He becomes an unsuspecting protagonist and romantic hero when he starts a revolution and falls in love with Hope Cladwell.
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: A2
Little Sally
A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and the play's logic.
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Dr. Billeaux
Head of Research and Development at UGC
Vocal range top: A3
Vocal range bottom: E3
Mr. Mcqueen
Cladwell's sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Senator Fipp
A greedy politician in Cladwell's pocket. A bumbling coward.
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: C#3
Officer Barrel
Lockstock's patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman.
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: G2
Hope Cladwell
Cladwell's ravishingly beautiful daughter, torn between her father and her new love for Bobby. She begins as an innocent, naive angel but becomes vengeful and determined after being exposed to her father's evil.
Vocal range top: A5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Joseph "old Man" Strong
Bobby's rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution.
Tiny Tom
One of the Poor, he is an idiotic man-child.
Vocal range top: A3
Vocal range bottom: D3
Soupy Sue
One of the Poor, she is excitable and easily panicked.
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
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Little Becky Two-shoes
One of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory.
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Caldwell B. Cladwell
The evil president and owner of the Urine Good Company. He is a miserly money-grubber who gleefully exploits the poor.
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Josephine "ma" Strong
Bobby's mother and Joseph's wife. A strong-willed woman with a bite, able to withstand the hard hand life has dealt her.
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Hot Blades Harry
One of the Poor, he is a psychopathic and can become a violent loose cannon.
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: A2